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Media forum underlines need for data-driven journalism in reporting tobacco

In its determination to encourage the use of data to drive home the campaign against tobacco use and addiction, the Renevlyn Development Initiative (RDI)...

Nigeria’s e-mobility ambitions: COP28 and bridging the gap with climate finance

The world is undoubtedly facing a crisis and 2023 was unfortunately dubbed the hottest in 174 years of record-keeping where humans directly measured the...

Channelling petroleum subsidy savings to drive green growth, sustainable devpt

In a daring move, Nigeria's President, Bola Ahmed Tinubu, declared the immediate abolition of fuel subsidies during his Inaugural Address on May 29, 2023,...

World Cancer Day: Food, chemicals and cancer?

On February 4, 2024, the global community unites in solemn commemoration of World Cancer Day, bearing the poignant slogan "Close the care gap." As...

Coalition, partners review COP28 takeaways, advocate prompt climate action

The Coalition for Socio-Ecological Transformation (COSET) and partners in Abuja on Wednesday, January 31, 2024, at a daylong forum tagged “Post COP28 – Reviews...

Global South activists appeal to seven UN Special rapporteurs on GM wheat

Food sovereignty alliance from Latin America, Africa, and Asia approaches seven UN Special Rapporteurs for urgent intervention to block cultivation and trade of GM...

WHO unveils sanitation safety planning initiatives in five states

The World Health Organisation (WHO) has initiated Sanitation Safety Planning (SSP) interventions in five states to combat the transmission of faecal-oral diseases and enhance...

World Cancer Day: Burden growing globally amidst mounting need for services

Ahead of World Cancer Day observed on Sunday, February 4, 2024,, the World Health Organisation (WHO) cancer agency, the International Agency for Research on...

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Bill Gates to direct majority of $200b pledge toward Africa’s future

In an address on Monday, June 2, 2025, in Nelson Mandela Hall at the African Union, Gates Foundation Chair,...
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UN-Habitat Assembly concludes with bold roadmap to tackle global housing crisis

The resumed second session of the United Nations Habitat Assembly concluded on Friday, May 30, 2025, in Nairobi with a renewed...

Institutional investors committed to sustainable investment – BNP Paribas survey

The fifth edition of BNP Paribas’ biennial ESG study, “Industry Survey: Institutional Investors Leading the Way”, captures the views of...

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Bill Gates to direct majority of $200b pledge toward Africa’s future

In an address on Monday, June 2, 2025, in...

UN-Habitat Assembly concludes with bold roadmap to tackle global housing crisis

The resumed second session of the United Nations Habitat Assembly concluded...
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